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Relational and Logical
Operators
Topics
Relational Operators and Expressions
The if Statement
The if-else Statement
Nesting of if-else Statements
Logical Operators and Expressions
Truth Tables
Reading
Sections 2.6, 4.10, 4.11
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Relational Operators
<
>
<=
>=
==
!=
less than
greater than
less than or equal to
greater than or equal to
is equal to
is not equal to
Relational expressions evaluate to the integer
values 1 (true) or 0 (false).
All of these operators are called binary operators
because they take two expressions as operands.
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Practice with Relational
Expressions
int a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 ;
Expression Value
a < c
b <= c
c <= a
a>b
b >= c
Expression Value
a + b >= c
a + b == c
a != b
a + b != c
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Arithmetic Expressions:
True or False
Arithmetic expressions evaluate to numeric
values.
An arithmetic expression that has a value of
zero is false.
An arithmetic expression that has a value
other than zero is true.
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Practice with Arithmetic
Expressions
int
a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 ;
float x = 3.33, y = 6.66 ;
Expression
Numeric Value
True/False
a+b
b-2*a
c-b-a
c-a
y-x
y-2*x
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Review: Structured
Programming
All programs can be written in terms of
only three control structures
The sequence structure
The selection structure
Unless otherwise directed, the statements are
executed in the order in which they are written.
Used to choose among alternative courses of
action.
The repetition structure
Allows an action to be repeated while some
condition remains true.
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Selection: the if statement
if ( condition )
{
statement(s)
}
/* body of the if statement */
The braces are not required if the body contains
only a single statement. However, they are a good
idea and are required by the 104 C Coding
Standards.
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Examples
if ( age >= 18 )
{
printf(“ Go Vote!\n”) ;
}
if ( value == 0 )
{
printf (“The value you entered was zero.\n”) ;
}
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Good Programming Practice
Always place braces around the body of an if
statement.
Advantages:
Easier to read
Will not forget to add the braces if you go back
and add a second statement to the body
Less likely to make a semantic error
Indent the body of the if statement 3 to 4
spaces -- be consistent!
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Selection: the if-else statement
if ( condition )
{
statement(s) /* the if clause */
}
else
{
statement(s) /* the else clause */
}
Note that there is no condition for the else.
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Example
if ( age >= 18 )
{
printf(“Go Vote!\n”) ;
}
else
{
printf(“Maybe next time!\n”) ;
}
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Another Example
if ( value == 0 )
{
printf (“The value you entered was zero.\n”) ;
}
else
{
printf (“Value = %d.\n”, value) ;
}
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Good Programming Practice
Always place braces around the bodies of the
if and else clauses of an if-else statement.
Advantages:
Easier to read
Will not forget to add the braces if you go back and
add a second statement to the clause
Less likely to make a semantic error
Indent the bodies of the if and else clauses 3
to 4 spaces -- be consistent!
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Nesting of if-else Statements
if ( condition1 )
{
statement(s)
}
else if ( condition2 )
{
statement(s)
}
...
/* more else if clauses may be here */
else
{
statement(s) /* the default case */
}
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Example
if ( value == 0 )
{
printf (“The value you entered was zero.\n”) ;
}
else if ( value < 0 )
{
printf (“%d is negative.\n”, value) ;
}
else
{
printf (“%d is positive.\n”, value) ;
}
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Gotcha! = versus ==
int a = 2 ;
if ( a = 1 ) /* semantic (logic) error! */
{
printf (“a is one\n”) ;
}
else if ( a == 2 )
{
printf (“a is two\n”) ;
}
else
{
printf (“a is %d\n”, a) ;
}
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Gotcha (con’t)
The statement if (a = 1) is syntactically correct, so
no error message will be produced. (Some compilers
will produce a warning.) However, a semantic (logic)
error will occur.
An assignment expression has a value -- the value
being assigned. In this case the value being
assigned is 1, which is true.
If the value being assigned was 0, then the
expression would evaluate to 0, which is false.
This is a VERY common error. So, if your if-else
structure always executes the same, look for this
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typographical error.
Logical Operators
So far we have seen only simple conditions.
if ( count > 10 ) . . .
Sometimes we need to test multiple conditions in
order to make a decision.
Logical operators are used for combining simple
conditions to make complex conditions.
&&
is AND
if ( x > 5 && y < 6 )
||
is OR
if ( z == 0 || x > 10 )
!
is NOT
if (! (bob > 42) )
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Example Use of &&
if ( age < 1 && gender == ‘f’)
{
printf (“You have a baby girl!\n”) ;
}
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Truth Table for &&
Expression1
Expression2
Expression1 && Expression2
0
0
0
0
nonzero
0
nonzero
0
0
nonzero
nonzero
1
Exp1 && Exp2 && … && Expn will evaluate to 1 (true)
only if ALL subconditions are true.
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Example Use of ||
if (grade == ‘D’ || grade == ‘F’)
{
printf (“See you next semester!\n”) ;
}
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Truth Table for ||
Expression1
Expression2
Expression1 || Expression2
0
0
0
0
nonzero
1
nonzero
0
1
nonzero
nonzero
1
Exp1 && Exp2 && … && Expn will evaluate to 1
(true) if only ONE subcondition is true.
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Example Use of !
if ( ! (x == 2) ) /* same as (x != 2) */
{
printf(“x is not equal to 2.\n”) ;
}
else
{
printf(“x is equal to 2.\n”);
}
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Truth Table for !
Expression
! Expression
0
1
nonzero
0
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Operator Precedence and
Associativity
Precedence
()
* / %
+ (addition) - (subtraction)
< <= > >=
== !=
&&
||
=
Associativity
left to right/inside-out
left to right
left to right
left to right
left to right
left to right
left to right
right to left
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Some Practice Expressions
int a = 1, b = 0, c = 7;
Expression
a
b
c
a+b
a && b
a || b
!c
!!c
a && !b
a < b && b < c
a > b && b < c
a >= b || b > c
Numeric Value
True/False
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More Practice
Given
int a = 5, b = 7, c = 17 ;
evaluate each expression as True or False.
1. c / b == 2
2. c % b <= a % b
3. b + c / a != c - a
4. (b < c) && (c == 7)
5. (c + 1 - b == 0) || (b = 5)
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